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One Person’s Story

Homaiun Shabestari

About

Age: 21
Nationality: Iran
Religion: Presumed Muslim
Civil Status: Single

Case

Date of Killing: October 1, 2008
Location of Killing: Central Prison (Dizelabad), Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province, Iran
Mode of Killing: Hanging
Charges: Unknown charge
Age at time of alleged offense: 15

About this Case

News of the execution of Mr. Homaiun Shabestari was published on the websites of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan on October 4, 2008 and Asreno on October 5, 2008. He was from Kermanshah and only 15 years old when he was charged.

International laws have strictly prohibited capital punishment against those who were under the age of 18 at the time of committing the crime. As a party to the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Iran has the obligation to avoid capital punishment for an offence committed before the age of eighteen.

Arrest and detention

Mr. Shabestari was detained for about six years. The circumstances of his arrest and detention are not known.

Trial

A court in Kermanshah tried Mr. Shabestari. No information is available on his trial. 

Charges

No information is available on Mr. Shabestari’s charges.  

Evidence of guilt

The report of this execution did not provide any specific information on the evidence presented against Mr. Shabestari

Defense

Mr. Shabestari was younger than 18 when the crime was committed. No information is available on his defense.

Judgment

A court condemned Mr. Homaiun Shabestari to death. He was hanged in Kermanshah Prison on October 1, 2008.    

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